“Don’t you think he’s jumping the gun? We don’t even know if all this will work out. I’m hoping she quits, actually. It would make my life easier.”
“If the show this morning was any indication, your ratings are going to shoot through the roof. I have a good feeling about it.”
“Funny, but I have a nauseous feeling.” I glanced at her photo again.
How could such an attractive woman get on my nerves so much?
Dan pointed at me. “You’re staring.” He turned the monitor back around.
“I was not.”
“She’s attractive. Can’t blame you at all.”
“I wasn’t staring.”
“She’s single, you know.”
“Stop it. And believe me, the whole world knows she’s single. Someone recorded her breakup and stuck it on Twitter.”
I couldn’t believe her boyfriend dumped her live on the air. Talk about not having anycojones. He should have had the decency of doing that in person, in private. But then again, he used her and then got rid of her, so maybe that was asking too much of the selfish man.
“What a bastard,” I mumbled.
Dan glanced up. “Who?”
I shook my head. “Oh . . . nothing. I was just thinking about what Lori’s ex did to her. Poor woman. That had to be humiliating.”
He arched an eyebrow. “I thought you said you didn’t like her?”
“I don’t.”
“Then why are you thinking about poor Lori and her feelings?”
I hesitated. “Nobody deserves what she went through.” I stood, ready to go record a commercial before heading home. “Anyway, I’ll talk to you later.”
Dan pointed to his computer screen. “Are you sure you don’t want to look at Lori’s photo one more time before you take off?”
“You’re being ridiculous, you know that?”
He chuckled. “And you’re not fooling anyone.”
I shook my head and walked out of Dan’s office, heading toward the production studio to record a commercial for a local restaurant.
Dan was smarter than the average bear.
Of course, I was attracted to Lori.
Even a blind man would be.
That short auburn hair.
Those beautiful hazel eyes.
Her dazzling smile kicked it up to another level.
It meant nothing, though.
I wasn’t going to let a pretty girl distract me from what I needed to do. One hundred percent of my focus was going to be put on making sure my ratings went up so I still had a job when all was said and done.
